This makes Austin Waymo’s fourth major ride-hail city, joining Metro Phoenix, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.
John Deere discussing state of agrobotics in RoboBusiness keynote
John Deere’s director of emerging technologies to discuss the value robotics bring to the farm and what other industries can learn from its purposeful use case in agriculture.
Aerobotix integrates robots that inspect, prepare, and paint combat aircraft
Aerobotix develops robotic aircraft maintenance systems, including painting aircraft used in the Top Gun movie.
Purdue researchers allow robots to see as well in pitch darkness
The system, called HADAR or heat-assisted detection and ranging, allows robots to see in the dark the same as they can in sunlight.
Symbotic brings in $312M in Q3
Symbotic, a developer of AI-enabled robotics technology, has brought in $312 million in revenue in Q3 of 2023, which ended June 24, 2023.
Wind River, Horizon Robotics partner to advance smart driving systems
Wind River, a developer of software for mission-critical intelligent systems, has announced a strategic collaboration with Horizon Robotics.
Dexterity upgrades palletizing and depalletizing software
Dexterity, Inc. unveiled the 3.0 release of its Palletizing and Depalletizing software aimed at unlocking pallet operations in the warehouse.
Here’s how much funding robotics companies raised in June
The Robot Report tracked 51 funding rounds in June 2023, bringing the year-to-date funding total to more about $6.1 billion.
DoBot Robotics signs letter of intent with VenHub
DoBot Robotics has signed a Letter of Intent with VenHub, a company developing a modular retail platform built on expendable containers.
Shopify suffers huge loss on 6 River Systems sale
Ocado paid roughly 2.8% of what Shopify paid when it acquired 6 River Systems just four years ago.
Ontario Power Generation tests Boston Dynamics Spot to save lives
Boston Dynamics is working with Ontario Power Generation to deploy Spot into a power-racking situation and help prevent injuries to human workers.
Cruise robotaxis will soon be available in Nashville
Kyle Vogt, the co-founder and CEO of Cruise, announced today that Cruise vehicles will be heading to Nashville.
Numurus opens advanced registration for NEPI Engine
The NEPI engine comes pre-built with rich capabilities that engineers can leverage to speed up software development.
Advantech partners with MOV.AI to accelerate autonomous mobile robot development
Advantech announces a new partnership with MOV.AI. Advantech’s rugged hardware can be integrated with MOV.AI’s Robotics Engine Platform, making it easier to develop and deploy AMRs for businesses.
Waymo pumps the brakes on self-driving trucks
Waymo still plans to continue to collaborate with DTNA to advance the technical development of an autonomous trucking platform.
This CMU system can turn any robot into an autonomous explorer
The Autonomous Exploration Research Team’s systems allow robots to find their way in new places and create a map without human intervention.
Astrobotic earns $34.6M NASA partnership for lunar power demo
Astrobotic won a $34.6M NASA Tipping Point partnership to demonstrate the power transmission abilities of its LunaGrid-Lite on the Moon.
FlexQube is granted European patent for AMR system
FlexQube’s patent application regarding its unique AMR system, FlexQube Navigator, was granted by the European Patent Office.
Collaborative Robotics raises $30M in Series A funding
Collaborative Robotics closed a $10M Series A funding round and prepares to scale production, operations and support for initial customers.
Marc Raibert on the future of robotics
In this episode, we replay the keynote fireside chat between Steve Crowe and Marc Raibert from the 2023 Robotics Summit & Expo.
Iris Ohyama to acquire service robot maker Smile Robotics
Iris Ohyama, a Japanese maker of appliances for the home, has made plans to acquire Smile Robotics, a serving robot developer.
AutoStore to pay Ocado $256M in patent lawsuit settlement
The terms of the new settlement include AutoStore paying £200 million, around $256 million, to Ocado over the next two years.